Railway-crossing



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CROSSING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,519, dated April26, 1881.

Application filed JannaryQZ, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J EEFREY, of-Aurora, State of Indiana, haveinventeda new and useful Improvement in Railway-Orossin gs, whichimprovement is fully set forth-in the following specification andaccompanying drawing, in which the figure is an isometric view of thecrossing. 3

The present invention is;an improvement on crossings for which LettersPatent were issued to me August 19, 187 9, and numbered 218,632. Asstated in said patent, the "corners of the cross in g were formed ofindependent and separable pieces joined at their middles and havingtheir ends serve as splice-plates with the track-rails.

The object of this invention is to provide a crossing with solidcorners, and having the ends of this solid cross so constructed thatthey 0 will serve as splice-plates for the track-rails, as

will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents the cross, cast or forged inone piece, so that the limbs of the cross project at any angle suitasnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patable for the tracks.

Along the inner edges of the limbs, at the point of unity, grooves B areformed for the flange of the wheel, as stated in the patent referred to.

Along the inner side of the limbs, near the ends, they are halved or cutaway, 0-, so that when the ball of the rail is placed therein the innersurface will be flush with the inner surface of the limb. In practice, Iprefer to have the solid crossing cast as thick as the height of theT-rail and the lower corner rabbeted, as shown at D, to permit the lowerflange of the the rail withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

E represents theend of the trackmail, and

E the short pieces necessary to fill up the space between the tracks. Itwill be observed that the inner limbs, F F, are made just half thelength of the distance between the rails, so that by placing in positionfour crossings thelimbs F of thefour crossings will meet each other.

The rails are suitably bolted to the limbs of the crossing, as shown,and thereby form a solid and serviceable crossing, not liable to break,and when injured can readily be replaced by a duplicate cross.

I am awarethat a solid crossing, or a crossing formed of one piece ofmetal, cast or forged, is not new. My invention does not consist inthis, but in adapting this solid cross or crossing so that the ends ofthe T-rails will lap over on the linibsof the said. solid cross.

Having described my invention, whatI claim ent, is-

A crossing-frog composed of one piece of metal, cast or forged in theform of a cross, having the parts of its members at their intersectionformed to serve as track-rails, and their ends serving as splice-plateswith the trackrails, in combination with the track-rails, substantiallyas herein set forth.

Witnesses J. S. ZERBE,

rail to rest therein. If desired, however, the

O. J. BAILEY.

cross may be cast thicker than the height of

